self-recrimination

noun

Definition of self-recriminationnext
as in self-reproach

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Recent Examples of self-recrimination All the emotional calculus, obsessive analysis, and self-recrimination I was used to disappeared. — Ariel Leve, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 The story moves between the present, where Agathe and Vera go through the detritus of their childhood lives, and the past, as Agathe conjures memories from her childhood, bringing incidents to mind for inspection and some measure of self-recrimination. — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026 Chilling words from our resident Sylvia Plath, or a self-recrimination about her baking skills? — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026 Though this story of betrayal hits familiar beats—shock, grief, self-recrimination, resignation—it is enlivened by its particulars. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2026 His expression in those scenes, so full of fury and self-recrimination, turn Milchick into Severance’s most compelling mystery. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 This thought didn’t deaden the pain of his death or of John’s self-recrimination. — J. Malcolm Garcia, Literary Hub, 29 Oct. 2025 Claude can’t disentangle her years-ago affair with Mathias from feelings of self-recrimination and guilt, and seesaws between anger and seduction. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025 From her sharp scolding of a student nurse to her own tears of self-recrimination, Floria is a full-blooded and beautifully etched character and, yes, a heroine. — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-recrimination
  1. self-reproach
  2. self-accusation
  3. affirmation
  4. confession
  5. self-betrayal
  6. declaration
  7. insistence
  8. confirmation
Noun
  • On the one hand, self-reproach is a convenient stance for showrunner Ryan Condal to take.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
  • Laughing, by contrast, conveyed that the person understood the mistake was trivial and didn’t require dramatic self-reproach.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of self-reproach
Noun
  • This element of self-accusation is what makes an apocalypse story distinctively modern.
    — Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of self-accusation
Noun
  • Cultural affirmation and high expectations aren't opposing ideas.
    — Tee Wilson, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Mornings at the camp are dedicated to light exercise, camp songs, positive affirmations and a gentle initiation into meditation.
    — Savita Patel, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
Definition of affirmation
Noun
  • His three-day sentencing hearing featured emotional victim impact statements, tapes of his confessions to police and insights into his twisted desire for infamy and obsession with school shooters.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • Ward notes that Jen’s online confessions haven’t exclusively supported a potential alienation of affection case.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of confession
Noun
  • The lesson is visibility without self-betrayal.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
  • This self-betrayal reduces your ability to engage in an unself-conscious, fully authentic way.
    — Liz Kislik, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of self-betrayal
Noun
  • In Rome, Maria Ressa, a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a co-rapporteur for the declaration, said that the world has already experienced its Trinity Test moment with AI.
    — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • These mutual declarations of victory ultimately could not save the memorandum.
    — Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026
Definition of declaration
Noun
  • As this report explained, this is largely thanks to its uncompromising quality standards and its insistence that each of its attractions outdoes its predecessors.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Dunphy said a definite ask by the city will be an insistence on a labor-harmony agreement that ensures union jobs.
    — Jason Quick, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of insistence
Noun
  • State law prohibits the disclosure or confirmation of such information.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • There has, of course, been no confirmation one way or another, but the internet doesn’t require confirmation.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 July 2026
Definition of confirmation

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“Self-recrimination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-recrimination. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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